College freshman, Natalie Vega, offers to be a test
patient for several vitamins and supplements created by Kronberg Laboratories,
a large pharmaceutical company where she interns. Immediately her body starts
going through physical changes but when she runs into her former high school
crush, Ryan Garrett, she is unaware of the life altering affects he will have
on her.

CHAPTER 1 — NEW BEGINNINGS

“Ladies and
gentlemen we are approaching a storm and it’s going to be a little rough until
we clear it.”The captain announced and
then paused before continuing. “Please stay seated and turn off all electrical
devices immediately. Thank you.”

Natalie
looked out the small oval window. Raindrops smeared across it, dancing their
way to the side. Lightening flashed and she shuddered. She didn’t mind flying
but she could do without the terrible storm. For a moment, she wished she would
have taken the later flight, but she wanted to get back early since classes
resumed tomorrow. She reminded herself that she had a great Spring Break in
Chicago with her family and ending it with her cousin’s fairytale wedding made
it all worth it.

A sudden
jolt called her attention back to the situation at hand. She looked out the
window again. The plane shook and rattled as it flew on the edge of thick, dark
clouds. Within seconds, darkness consumed the plane and the day turned into
night. Out in the blackness of the sky she could see powerful flashes of light
stretching out like tentacles waiting for the plane to enter. She pulled the
blanket closer to her, clutching it up against her chest, somehow hoping it
would calm the drumming of her heart.

“What the
—” she blurted out when the plane hit another patch of rough turbulence.She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

A horrible
rumble echoed through the plane, and it wavered from side to side. Gasps and
sighs along with people begging and pleading to God were heard throughout the
plane. She swallowed hard, feeling the vitamins she took ten minutes ago ease
their way up. Without warning, the plane dropped several feet. Her heart hit
the bottom of her stomach. Gasping for air, she struggled to catch her breath.
An alarm sounded and emergency instructions echoed through the overhead
speakers. She grabbed the arm rests and her body stiffened. Her eyes stayed
fixed on the flashing red and white lights above her head. Please God, don’t let me die! Please.

“Natalie…
Natalie, wake up. You’re having another nightmare.” Lise shook her several
times before she finally awoke.

“What?” She
sprung up from her bed. Sweat trickled down the sides of her forehead and she
breathed heavily.

“You’re
okay. It was just a nightmare.” Lise sat down next to her.

It took a
few seconds for her to realize that she had been dreaming. She wiped the sweat
away and the pounding of her heart turned into slow thud.She lay back on to her pillow and took a few
deep breaths. “I don’t know why I keep having these darn nightmares.”

“Well I
do.” Lise replied.

Natalie
looked at her. “You do?”

“Uh, yea…
because you said you nearly died on that plane. It’s post trauma you’re
experiencing.”

Natalie
swallowed hard. She couldn’t be experiencing post-traumatic stress because only
soldiers suffer from things like that, right? “No, I don’t think so. I mean, it
was horrible and scary but—,”

“Do you
want to talk about it?” Lise’s eyes softened.

“What is
there to talk about?” Natalie sat back up. She hadn’t told anyone the full
details about what she experienced, including her parents. She wasn’t about to
tell Lise either.

“Sometimes
it’s good to talk about horrible events. It can help you get over them.” Lise
played with the edge of her t-shirt, rolling it up.

“Thanks,
but I’ll be fine.” She glanced over at the clock on the window seal. “I guess
we should start getting dressed.”

Lise turned
and looked at the clock. “Crap, I don’t want to be late.”

Natalie
threw back the covers. “Neither do I. First impressions are everything.”

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